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Hands Away

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

based on live video @ Koln

tabbed by acidjames

ex : x8 > means play it 8 times, listen to the song it's obvious!

intro

e---------- ----------------- ------------- ----- ------------|
B---1------ ----------------- ------------- ---0- ---1--------|
G------(x8) ------0-------(x8)---------(x4) ----- ------(x7)--|
D---------- ----------------- -----3------- ----- ------------|
A-0-------- ----------------- ---5--------- -0--- -0----------|
E---------- ----0------------ ------------- ----- ------------|

singing starts

e---------- ----------------- ------------ ------ ------------|
B---1------ ----------------- ------------ ----0- ---1--------|
G------(x4) ------0-------(x4)--------(x4) ------ ------(x7)--|
D---------- ----------------- -----3------ ------ ------------|
A-0-------- ----------------- ---5-------- --0--- -0----------|
E---------- ----0------------ ------------ ------ ------------|

twice > see lyrics

e-------------------------------------------------------------|
B---1---------0----0----3---3---3---3-------1---0-------0---1-|
G------(x6)-----------------------------2-----------2---------|
D---------------------3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
A-0---------0----0--------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

x2

e----------|
B---1------|
G------(x8)|
D----------|
A-0--------|
E----------|

violin synth

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B---1--------------------------------------------------------|
G------x8-------------x8-------------x4--------------x16-----|
D---------------5-------------3---------------10-------------|
A-0----------7--------------5--------------12----------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------ -----------------------------------|
B------------------------ -----------------------------------|
G----------------x7------ -----------x4--------------x8------|
D----------5------------- ---3-----------/----10-------------|
A--------7----------7--6- -5-------------/-12----------------|
E------------------------ -----------------------------------|

this is this little difference which starts @ 1min14sec

e-----------------------|
B-----------------------|
G---------------14---x6-|
D----------10-----------|
A--------12---12--------|
E-----------------------|

chords played with slight distortion + reverb

e------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------7------5------14--------------------------------|
D------------5------3------10--------------------------------|
A------------7------5------12--------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

with reverb singing

until singing finishes

e------------------------ -----------------------------------|
B------------------------ -----------------------------------|
G----------------x7------ -----------x4--------------x16-----|
D----------5------------- ---3-----------/----10-------------|
A--------7----------7--6- -5-------------/-12----------------|
E------------------------ -----------------------------------|

outro

e--------------------------------------------0---------------|
B----3---3---3---3-------1---0-------------1-----------------|
G--------------------2-----------2-------2-------------------|
D--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------2---------------------|
A------------------------------------0-----------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

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